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Acting

Dan O'Herlihy

Career: Active from 1948 to 1993, busiest in 1952 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles: 23
top three billing

Average score: 58/100

Highest rated: Fail Safe
83/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

Academy Awards · Actor in a Leading Role
1955 · Nominated · 27th Academy Awards
Robinson Crusoe
Source: Wikidata

Characters

4

The characters Dan O'Herlihy played, best-known titles first.

Dan O'Herlihy as The Old Man

Dan O'Herlihy as The Old Man

Dan O'Herlihy as Conal Cochran

Dan O'Herlihy as The Director

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 75 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Dan O'Herlihy Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
2.4, average 5.4
Cringe Humor
0.8, average 2.2
Situational Comedy
1.7, average 2.7
Absurdist Humor
1.1, average 2.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Historical Drama 6
Character-Driven 4
Moral Ambiguity 4
Social Commentary 4
Coming-of-Age 3
Political Intrigue 3
Action-Packed 2
Classic Hollywood 2
Tense Atmosphere 2
Classic Western 2
Warfare 2
Character Study 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

110

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1990s

6 titles · average score 63

The Rat Pack

62

as Joe Kennedy

VR.5

59

TV show · as Dr. Alloysius Hunnicutt

Love, Cheat & Steal

40

as Hamilton Fisk

Batman: The Animated Series

89

TV show · as Grant Walker (voice)

RoboCop 2

46

as The Old Man

Twin Peaks

84

TV show · as Andrew Packard

1980s

16 titles · average score 68

A Waltz Through the Hills

as Uncle Tom

RoboCop

77

as The Old Man

The Dead

83

as Mr. Browne

L.A. Law

77

TV show · as Vernon Kepler

The Equalizer

62

TV show · as Randall Payne

The Last Starfighter

69

as Grig

The Secret Servant

TV show · as Professor John Tyler

Murder, She Wrote

76

TV show · as Alexander Preston / Denton Langley

Halloween III: Season of the Witch

50

as Conal Cochran

Remington Steele

79

TV show · as Charles Wellington

Artemis '81

48

as Albrecht Von Drachenfels

Death Ray 2000

as The Director

1970s

22 titles · average score 60

A Man Called Sloane

TV show

Battlestar Galactica

58

TV show · as Dr. Ravashol

The Quest: The Longest Drive

57

as Mathew Hatcher

Charlie's Angels

44

TV show · as Freddie Brander

Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free

as Tip Conaker

The Bionic Woman

51

TV show

QB VII

77

TV show · as David Shawcross

The Tamarind Seed

63

as Fergus Stephenson

Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill

78

as Leonard Jerome

The People

56

as Sol Diemus

The Carey Treatment

55

as J.D. Randall

Waterloo

51

as Marshal Michel Ney

1960s

29 titles · average score 61

100 Rifles

44

as Steven Grimes

Hawaii Five-O

48

TV show · as Harry Wells

The Big Cube

35

as Charles Winthrop

Ironside

45

TV show · as Arthur Justin

Mission: Impossible

79

TV show · as Jack Cole

The Long, Hot Summer

TV show

The Big Valley

69

TV show · as David Wyncop

Fail Safe

83

as Brig. Gen. Warren A. Black

The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters

68

TV show · as Dr. Sardius McPheeters

The Cabinet of Caligari

50

as Caligari / Paul

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

54

TV show · as Simon Carter

One Foot in Hell

48

as Sir Harry Ivers

1950s

32 titles · average score 61

Imitation of Life

82

as David Edwards

Rawhide

50

TV show · as John Cord

Home Before Dark

75

as Arnold Bronn

That Woman Opposite

as Dermot Kinross

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

68

TV show · as Cleve Scott

The Virgin Queen

67

as Lord Derry

The Purple Mask

59

as Brisquet

Robinson Crusoe

63

as Robinson Crusoe

The Black Shield of Falworth

57

as Prince Hal of Wales

Sword of Venus

as Danglars

Invasion, U.S.A.

26

as Mr. Ohman

At Sword's Point

56

as Aramis Jr.

1940s

5 titles · average score 65

Macbeth

73

as Macduff

Kidnapped

64

as Alan Breck

Larceny

42

as Duke

Odd Man Out

85

as Nolan

Hungry Hill

59

as Harry Brodrick